Bedspring frame



Nov. '4, 1947. H.1RAGINSKY 2,430,301

' BEDSPRING FRAME Filed May 25. 1944 2 Sheet-Sheet 1 6 TI KE-g1 1161.?

' INVENTORY 4 YHARRYRAGINSKY ATTORNEYS BM M6 Patented Nov. 4, 1947 NETEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE Application May 25, 1944, Serial No. 537,298 InCanada May 9, 1944 6 Claims. (Cl. 205) This invention relates toimprovements in the corner construction of bed-spring frames.

The corner members of bed-spring frames are usually heavy malleable ironcastings provided with sockets in which the ends of the tubular sidemembers of the frame are secured, the upper portions of the cornermembers being welded, riveted, or otherwise secured to the adjacent endframe members. In order to reduce the weight of the frame and forvarious other reasons it has been proposed to replace the cast ironcorner members with lighter corner members made of fabricated sheetmetal of relatively thin gauge. The fabrication of sheet metal cornermembers of sufficient strength and rigidity to withstand the servicestrains imposed thereon is far from a simple matter and requires the useof intricate stamping or bending dies which add greatly to the cost ofproduction.

The object of the present invention is to provide a generally improvedbed-spring frame ineluding angle iron corner members which are producedby a simple and inexpensive method of fabricating suitable lengths ofrolled angle iron stock, the finished corner members being characterizedby properties of strength and rigidity comparing favourably with thoseof cast iron corner members and being of simpler design as compared withboth the cast corner members and the fabricated sheet metal cornermembers now available.

Several preferred embodiments of the invention are illustrated by theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of acorner portion of my improved bed-spring frame and shows the manner inwhich my improved corner member is designed and connected to theadjacent side and end members of the frame. This view shows the cornermember as it appears when looking toward the outer side thereof.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the assembly shown in Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a perspective View of a modified arrangement which may beused in place of "that shown in Figures 1 and 2; and

Figure 4 is a further perspective view of said modified arrangement asit appears when viewed from a different angle.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, my improved corner member isgenerally indicated at 5 and is shown connected between the side and endmembers 6 and l of a bed-spring frame 8 which includes the conventionalspring fabric 9.

The corner member 5 comprises a length of rolled angle iron presentingflanges Ill and II lying at right angles to each other. The side framemembers 6 comprise a length of tubing which is flattened at each end toprovide a vertically disposed flattened portion 6a. The end frame member1 preferably comprises a length of rolled angle iron presenting avertical flange la and a horizontal flange lb; the latter extendinginwardly from the upper edge of flange la, toward the transverse centreof the bed frame.

The corner member 5 is arranged so that its flange l l forms the outerside of said member and lies parallel with the adjacent side rail l3 ofthe bed frame with which the bed-spring frame is associated. The lowerend of flange II is bent outwardly to provide a laterally directedbedspring frame supporting member I la which rests on and is supportedby the upper surface of the bed frame rail l3. The flattened portion 6aof the side member 6 of the bed-spring frame is fitted against the innerside surface of the corner member flange I l and is secured thereto byrivets I4 or by welding or other suitable fastening means. The flangell! of the corner member 5 extends inwardly from the companion flange IIin a direction substantially parallel with the vertical flange la of theend member I and the upper portion of the corner member flange I0 iswelded, riveted or otherwise secured to the end member flange la insupporting engagement with the lower face of the end member flange lb,the said flange lb of end member I being also supported by the upper endedge of the corner member flange II.

The component flanges is and H of corner member 5 are bent as shown inthe drawings so that the upper and lower portions thereof which arerespectively secured to the bed-spring frame members 7 and 6 are offsetfrom each other to lie in parallel vertical planes and are connectedtogether by intermediate inclined portions of said flanges. As shown inthe drawings, the lower portions of the flanges It! and II of the cornermember 5 are offset inwardly with respect to the upper portions of saidflanges so as to effectively prevent the end frame members 1 of thebedspring frame being pulled toward each other by the tensioning of thebed-spring fabric 9 when the latter is under load.

The supporting extension I la formed by the outwardly directed lower endportion of the corner memberflange ll lies in an elevated plane withreference to the lower end edge of the corner member flange HI and theportion of the flange I3 which projects below said extension Ila servesas a stop which is engageable with the 3 inner side of the bed rail l3to prevent lateral displacement of the bed -epring frame.

In the modified arrangement shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the corner member 5is formed with flanges l5 and I6, the flange l5 lying parallel with thevertical flange la of the end frame member I and the flange l6 lying atright angles to said flange la. In this case the corner member flange l6constitutes the outer side of the corner member and has its lower endbent outwardly to provide a laterally directed supporting extension 15awhich rests on and is supported by the upper surface of the bed rail l3.The lower end of the flange I5 is also bent to provide a supportingextension l-5a which is directed inwardly toward the transverse centreof the bed-springframe and which serves as a support for the side framemember 6 which, in this particular case, is arranged so that itsflattened portion 6a lies in a horizontal plane and is supported on andriveted or otherwise secured to the upper surface of said supportingextension Mia. The flattened portion 6a, of the side frame member 6 isshaped so that its end edge bears flatly against the portion of thecorner member flange l5 lying immediately above the extension 15a. Inall other respects the'corner member shown in Figures 3 and 4 issubstantially the same as that shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In connection with the arrangement shown in Figs. 3 and 4 it will benoted that the tubular portion of the side frame member 6 lies, in part,below the upper surface of the bed rail 53 and serves as a stopengageable with the inner side of the bed rail to prevent lateraldisplacement of the bed-spring frame.

Havin thus described what I conceive to be the essential features of myinvention and several preferred embodiments thereof, it will beunderstood that various modifications may be resorted to within thescope and spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A bed-spring frame comprising end members, angle iron corner memberseach having one flange thereof flatly secured to one of said end membersand tubular side members extending between the corner members of eachside of the bed-spring frame, said tubular side members being formedwith flattened end portions flatly secured to flanges of the cornermembers between which it extends, one flange of eachcorner member havingits lower end bent outwardly to provide a lateral extension adapted torest on a side rail of a bed frame with which the bed-spring frame isassociated.

2. A bed-spring frame comprising end members, angle iron corner memberssecured to and extending downwardly from said end members, one flange ofeach corner member having its lower end bent to lie in a horizontalplane and tubular side members connected between the cor ner members ateach side of the bed-spring frame, each of said tubular side membersbeing formed with flattened end portions disposed to lie in a horizontalplane and flatly secured to the said horizontally bent flange portionsof the corner members between which. said side members extend.

3. A corner member for bed-spring frames comprising a length of rolledangle iron having the lower end of one flange bent outwardly to providea sup-porting extension adapted to rest on one of the side rails of abed frame, the lower end of the companion flange of said corner memherbeing bent inwardly to provide a horizontal extension adapted to supportthereon one end of one of the side members of a bed-spring frame.

4. A bed-spring frame adapted to be removably supported on the siderails of the bed frame, said bed-spring frame comprising end members,angle iron corner members each having one flange flatly secured to oneof said end members, tubular side members extending between the cornermembers at each side of the bed-spring frame, each tubular side memberbeing formed with flattened end portions flatly secured to flanges ofthe corner member between which it extends, each corner member havingone lower flange portion thereof bent outwardly to provide a lateralextension adapted to rest on a side rail of the bed frame and having asecond lower flange portion thereof extending downwardly beyond saidlateral extension to serve as a stop engageable with the inner side ofsaid rail.

5. A bed-spring frame adapted to be removably supported on the siderails of a bed frame, said bed-spring frame comprising side members, endmembers and vertically extending corner members interconnecting the sideand end members, each corner member comprising a length of angle ironarranged so that one flange lies outwardly of and parallel with theadjacent side member and has its lower end bent outwardly to provide ahorizontal supporting extension adapted to rest on the upper surface ofa side rail of the bed frame, the other flange of said corner memberextending inwardly from the first mentioned flange toward thelongitudinal centre of the bedspring frame so that it lies at rightangles to the adjacent side rail of the bed frame on which thebed-spring frame is supported, the lower portion of said last mentionedflange being extended downwardly beyond the first mentioned flange sothat its outer edge affords a stop engageable with the adjacent siderail of the bed frame,

6. A bed-spring frame of the kind removably supportable upon the siderails of a bed and comprising upper transverse end bars, lowerlongitudinal side bars and corner risers interconnecting the end andside bars, the side bars being tubular and having their ends flattenedin a vertical plane and flatly secured to the lower portions of therisers, and each riser consisting of a length of angle-iron havingflanges which, at their lower portions, stand transversely andlongitudinally respectively, one of said riser flanges, at its lowerend, being bent transversely outwardly providing an extending foot torest upon the bed side rail,,! and one of said flanges having a downwardextension depending beyond said foot to act as a stop to position thebed-spring frame in relation to the side rails of the bed.

HARRY RAGINSKY.

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